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22/02/2013
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
23/02/2013 (1200 GMT)
Syrian opposition SNC boycotts talks;UK loses AAA credit rating; missing Banksy on auction
Vatican condemns media 'slander'; UK's credit downgrade; listeners 'talk' to an astronaut.
Italian election
Italians vote; controversy over papal election;former UK Iran envoy criticises ‘Argo’ film
Karzai gets tough with US; Who benefited financially from slavery's end? Is junk DNA dead?
Murder and child abuse by Afghan police
Afghan police atrocities; Argo: an Iranian view; Russia's controversial gay law proposal
Italy faces political gridlock after crucial election
Italian vote points to impasse; British Cardinal resigns; Turks debate modest trend in air
Italy heads for political stalemate
Italian deadlock; Russian MP: "gay propaganda threatens civilisation"; bikers' name change
Gay couples living in secret in Russia
Gay couples living in secret in Russia; burqa business in Afghanistan; Catholic guilt
Pope Benedict's Farewell 27 Feb 13
Benedict XVI's last appearance as Pope. Stéphane Hessel dies. Ethics for architects.
27/02/2013 (2100 GMT)
US millionaire on Mars mission; Blair calls for Syria intervention; Tunisia Harlem Shake
28/02/2013 (1400 GMT)
Pope Benedict's legacy; US aid to Syrian opposition; and Berlin Wall under threat
28/02/2013 (2100 GMT)
Benedict XVI steps down as Pope; Waco raid 20th anniversary; China's gay marriage battle.
01/02/2013 (1400 GMT)
South African police suspended over taxi driver death; US budget cuts; and mating pandas
01/03/2013 (2100 GMT)
SA police held over dragging death; US budget cuts; couple volunteering for Mars mission.
Kenya Election Rallies
Kenya’s candidates rally, "size of Wales" protects rainforests; is Fespaco doing its job?
02/03/2013 (2100 GMT)
Chad says top Islamist leader killed; Kerry urges unity in Egypt;the legend of Chavez
Hague: "Assad delusional"
Assad rejects mediation; Kenyan election nerves;Bethnal Green disaster survivors remember.
Car bomb kills dozens in Karachi
Shias killed in Karachi; Kenya on election eve; love letter to journalist killed in Syria
04/03/2013 (1400 GMT)
Election day in Kenya; a breakthrough in HIV treatment; and a digital doomsday?
Counting starts in Kenya election
Kenya election; HIV baby 'cured' by treatment; Spielberg to make Kubrick's Napoleon
China Congress: Wen's final speech
New Chinese President's to-do list; Gaza marathon cancelled; Haiti's cholera victims.
05/03/2013 (2100 GMT)
US tables N Korea sanctions; Dow Jones hits record high; and a complicated surrogacy
Venezuela in mourning
Venezuela: Chavez' legacy; Has Chavism worked?; Iraq ten years on from war.
06/03/2013 (2100 GMT)
Chavez legacy; row over Kenya spoiled votes; and Free Syrian Army commander Salim Idriss
07/03/2013
Hugo Chavez lying in state, tracking radiated tuna, bias against women in science.
Chavez funeral
Venezuela mourns Chavez; Bin Laden's son-in-law in NY court; Russian FM Sergei Lavrov.
Chavez' farewell
Venezuela's state funeral,Tibetan blogger's award, Kenyan elections: view from the US.
09/03/2013
09/03/2013 (2100 GMT)
Kenyatta wins Kenyan presidency; Egypt unrest over riot sentences; Alice Walker on Obama